The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-16

their mistake, and they viii not
be able TO remedy Il short OF q repeal
The very first act OF the Commission
has been the suspension OF the long
and short haul provisions, and that,
with the pooling, was the main point
Of tie advocates OF statutory railroad
mana cement and regulation OF infsx.
ible economic laws. That Is an admis-
sion OF the impracticability OF the I'M
deilying theory OF the act. / Judge
from this one act OF the Commission.
ers, all conservative men, that 1t will
be one point in favor OF the interest
endangered. The bill became q law,
and therefore l believe in giving 1t a
thorough test, az In practice 1t will
settle In sIpracticsl way another OF the
popular hobbies Of the times"
CLEVELAND orPosKD TO AN EXTRA
SESSION.
Senator Beck is urging upon the
President the necessity of calling a
tpscisl session OF Congress as early as
September. He believes that with
the revenues coming in there will be
serious contraction OF the currency,
unless Congress takes measures to
prevent 1t; or, unless bonds are
bought at a high premium. The
President has told the Secretary that
he does not think an extra session
necessary.
Loss OF AN INDIAN SEALING SCHOONER
The sgent at the Neenanbe Indian
Agency, Washington Territory, vepcrts
to the Indian Office the loss OF the In
dian sealing schooner Champion, In
a terrible storm on the night OF March
3lst. The schooner drifted until
o'clock April LIST, when she struck
rock in Vancouver Island, totally
her. Only one Indian was
The escape Of the rest OF
the crew was almost Miraculous.
DUDES CLUB.
The latest fad among the inDermost
circles OF Washington dudedom is
new club which has just been organ
lied in the northwest section of the
city. Fourteen choice young bloods
have decided that 10 be en- regk II is
necessary to understand the use OF
sword or rapier. Rooms have therefor
been fitted up with all the appliances
Of the duelling room at Heidelberg,
and professor has been engaged at O
salary TO teach the favored
how to handle the noble
weapon Of defense. The prime mover
In this new pastime is the young man
whose papa took him to the woodshed
and introduced him TO shiDgle, about
q year ago, because he was mixed up
as second In an affair Of honor, in
which there were more tears than
blood shed.
THE AFRICAN EXPLORER.
A gentleman who served on the
local steff OF Western newspaper
with Henry M. Stanley before the
now celebrated explorer had started
on his search for Livingstone, tells
some very interesting stories OF the
friend OF the King Of the Bslgians.
81 met Stanley the last time he was in
New York." said this gentleman, "and
was surprised to see that he still re-
tsins the appearance Of young man.
In fact he did not appear day older
than he was when he left Omaha
nearly twenty years ago. When l
made q close examination, however,
this phenomenon was accounted for.
He Is, Hound, liberal patron of hair
dyes, and he lie made up as much as
any actor on the stage. Henry was
always great on the makeup 1t
was his great ability in making some.
thing out Of nothing that brought him
into discredit in Omaha when his first
report OF his successful search for Liv-
iDgstone was sent across the water"
no what do you refer"
"Stsnley and / were local reporters
together In one OF the frontier towns
when the Pixies Peak excitement was
at its hight. Stanley was also the COR
respondent of several Eastern papers
1t was supposed that we on the ex-
IRENE edge of civilization had extern
sive facilities for collecting advance
news from the excitement, and Stan
ley was not the boy to let the chance
to make dollar slip by because real
news YVES scarce. His correspond
ence to his Eastern connections was
filled with the most glowing and blood
accounts OF the trials and
of the men whose shib-
boleth was Pixies Peak or Bust Not
a day passed that he did not grind out
q column OF horrors. One day a thrill
ing account of an Indian massacre
would stsrtle the good people Of Bos.
ton, New York or Philadelphia. The
next morning he would tell Of an out
break OF the lswles5 element in which
there would be twenty or thirty
killed. Then would follow a story Of
the discovery OF fabulous sum Of
gold by party OF prospectors. All
these stories would be made more
realistic by the names Of the killed
and wounded and the exact hour In
the day when each event occurred. In
fact they bore every indication of pro-
found truth and they were doubtless
believed by those who read them.
Each story ostensibly came from the
mouth OF some disgusted miner who
had started on his return to his home
in the East. They were, in fact, per-
feet works OF fiction and did great
credit to SANKEY'S Imagination, but
they did not increase his reputation
for veracity among those who knew
him."
THE RoBoLINK's APPEARANCE.
In q letter to the ornithologist Of
the Department OF Agriculture, Mr..
VIM. Miles Hazard, of Annsndale,
6. O., says: The bobolink makes its
appearance during the latter part Of
April. AT that season tAeir plumsge
is white and black, and they sing mer-
rlly when at rest. Their fight is
always at night; in the evening there
are none; by morning their presence
is heralded by popping Of whips and
firing Of bird minders in
their efforts 10 keep them from pull.
ing the young rice. This warfare is
kept up necessarily until about the
25th Of May, when they suddenly dis
appear at night. Their next appear
ance ia in a dark yellow plumage as
the rice bird-no song this time, but q
chirp which means ruin TO any rice
found in milk. My plantation will
show that for the last ten years, ex-
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